A Th2 type of immune response is associated with increased resistance to Haemonchus contortus in naturally infected Gulf Coast Native lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-66

  Shakya, K P ^a   Miller, J E ^a   Horohov, D W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematode; Haemonchus contortus; Immune response; Resistance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGRIL; ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEVAMISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAZING; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LAMB; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349203566     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.052     Document Type: Article

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